[i.luv.tea.]

What made you want to go into law?

[yOOb]

what do you write for your personal statement? what are they looking for?

[Lebanese_Blonde]

can anyone recommend some good books for law school bound students...some good reads i mean that are applicable in any way. i just happen to read a loooooottt and am always looking for somethingn interesting/new

[ronmexico]

what do you write for your personal statement? what are they looking for?

It's sort of the same thing you'd write for college. It shouldn't be a list of reasons why you want to go to law school, but it's pretty standard to write about some experience you had in the past and how it relates to your desire to be a lawyer. It should also focus on just one particular story or experience, not list all of your activities.

can anyone recommend some good books for law school bound students...some good reads i mean that are applicable in any way. i just happen to read a loooooottt and am always looking for somethingn interesting/new

If you want a book about law school itself, you should get "One-L" by Scott Turow.

[PINKmocha]

Would international relations be an okay major for undergrad before law school?

[ronmexico]

Would international relations be an okay major for undergrad before law school?

Yep. Plenty of IR majors go to law school.

[lovestruck]

sorry if its been asked before but what classes should i take that would help me? are there law majors that lets you travel or is more of a business type?

[Lebanese_Blonde]

my parents don't believe that my lit major will be a gateway to law school, any comments or advice?...
they're worried, concerned, and upset. they think that a literature major (which at my school is a combined english, writing, literature major because there is no separate english major) is "fluffy", but I think it's hard work and an enriching experience..

[kimlxf]

I hate to be a dirtbag and ask a question I'm 99% sure has been answered before.. but I'm 99% sure I'm going to be taking LSAT classes (don't want to take any chances; want to do really well on the LSATs.)

(I do have the two Powerscore Logic Bibles)

Does anyone know which company is the best (TestMaster, Princeton Review, Kaplan...)? They all sound the same, but is there one that is especially recommended for some reason?

Thanks so much!

[k1D3Ck]

I hate to be a dirtbag and ask a question I'm 99% sure has been answered before.. but I'm 99% sure I'm going to be taking LSAT classes (don't want to take any chances; want to do really well on the LSATs.)

(I do have the two Powerscore Logic Bibles)

Does anyone know which company is the best (TestMaster, Princeton Review, Kaplan...)? They all sound the same, but is there one that is especially recommended for some reason?

Thanks so much!

blueprint if your in CA, NY, TX.

[ronmexico]

my parents don't believe that my lit major will be a gateway to law school, any comments or advice?...
they're worried, concerned, and upset. they think that a literature major (which at my school is a combined english, writing, literature major because there is no separate english major) is "fluffy", but I think it's hard work and an enriching experience..

What do they think you should major in? Plenty of literature majors go to law school. Fully 11% of the current 1L class here at Columbia majored in literature or English:

http://www.law.columbia.edu/jd_applicants/...ns/classprofile

Show that to your parents.

[kimlxf]

blueprint if your in CA, NY, TX.

I live in CO.

[graceeiscool]

hey, im a senior in hs, done applying with colleges
but i was just wondering
would a major in journalism help me prepare for law school?
i know you can major in anything and still apply
but i was just wondering if there are people that do this
considering that there is no percentage on the columbia law school profile breakdown

[xsunyoung]

^Law schools are going to look primarily at your LSAT and grades. For every school, those two factors are going to mean much more than anything else, with the LSAT typically being the single most important factor. Not all schools weight your LSAT and GPA the same way, with Boalt (Berkeley) and UCLA putting considerably more emphasis on GPA, for example. Once you have those numbers, you can assess your chances with reasonable accuracy. From this page you can find both the ABA guide to law schools and LSAC's calculator (under "Data Search") to help you. You can also look at lawschoolnumbers.com to get a sense of who is getting in where.

Getting a master's generally doesn't help your chances. Plenty of people have them, so it doesn't really set you apart. It would probably just be a waste of time and money if your only purpose in getting the degree was to help your chances.

what kind of degree should we get then?

also, im an international studies major and im planning to transfer to georgetown or uva. is that okay?

[ronmexico]

hey, im a senior in hs, done applying with colleges
but i was just wondering
would a major in journalism help me prepare for law school?
i know you can major in anything and still apply
but i was just wondering if there are people that do this
considering that there is no percentage on the columbia law school profile breakdown

It's not a very common major. I don't personally know any journalism majors who went to law school (come to think of it, I don't think I know any journalism majors at all). It's probably not the best thing to major in if you're thinking about law school. And it's not even necessary if you want to be a journalist.

what kind of degree should we get then?

also, im an international studies major and im planning to transfer to georgetown or uva. is that okay?

You just need a bachelor's. There's no problem with transferring.

[Tropical Paradise x3]

I initially wanted to double-major [so in the future I can have options], English Literature [later to go to graduate school for Creative Writing] and Criminal Justice [later for Law School].. well that is until I came to this thread. lol


I'm curious as to why Pre-law and Criminal Justice are.. 'frowned upon' by law schools?

[bichittybich]

Hi ron i have a few questions. i am currently a freshman at a community college and i am planning to transfer to the UW after two years. i have always been interested in law and political science. i have started taking all the poli sci classes available at my school but my school doesn’t really offer anything else really related to law besides paralegal. should i be taking those courses? And of course my school doesn’t provide any major in poli sci so should I be majoring in English? Or should I just get a basic AA until I transfer? Plus, I read that you said starting out from a community college isn’t really good if you wanted to get into a top law school. is there a way I can make that less of an obstacle?

[ronmexico]

I initially wanted to double-major [so in the future I can have options], English Literature [later to go to graduate school for Creative Writing] and Criminal Justice [later for Law School].. well that is until I came to this thread. lol


I'm curious as to why Pre-law and Criminal Justice are.. 'frowned upon' by law schools?

As I've mentioned, they're just not seen as very intellectual or rigorous majors. Virtually none of the top undergrads (from which top law schools take most of their students) even offer a "pre-law" or criminal justice major.

Hi ron i have a few questions. i am currently a freshman at a community college and i am planning to transfer to the UW after two years. i have always been interested in law and political science. i have started taking all the poli sci classes available at my school but my school doesn’t really offer anything else really related to law besides paralegal. should i be taking those courses? And of course my school doesn’t provide any major in poli sci so should I be majoring in English? Or should I just get a basic AA until I transfer? Plus, I read that you said starting out from a community college isn’t really good if you wanted to get into a top law school. is there a way I can make that less of an obstacle?

Don't worry about taking classes that are related to law. It sounds like what you're taking is fine. I don't really know how majors work in community college; would you be able to switch once you transferred? Majoring in English wouldn't be a problem, if you can't major in poli sci. The best thing you can do is make sure you do really well at UW, because, while your CC grades will count towards your LSADS GPA, schools will probably pay more attention to the grades you get at UW. If you do well there and on the LSAT, having gone to a community college probably won't hurt you at all.

[Mishxmish]

i just recently started to study for the LSATs (i didnt think the time would have come so fast!!!)...

i was just wondering what is the average LSAT score?? I know to get into Columbia you obviously scored in the high 160s-170s but still...

I know 180 is the highest you can get... but what would be the average that people get overall??

and i know this is a personal quesiton... but what other law schools did you apply to besides columbia?

THANK YOU!

[k1D3Ck]

i just recently started to study for the LSATs (i didnt think the time would have come so fast!!!)...

i was just wondering what is the average LSAT score?? I know to get into Columbia you obviously scored in the high 160s-170s but still...

I know 180 is the highest you can get... but what would be the average that people get overall??

and i know this is a personal quesiton... but what other law schools did you apply to besides columbia?

THANK YOU!

lawschoolnumbers.com

To get into Columbia you want a 3.4+ gpa and a 170+ LSAT. Look at the website and search the school. Basically study hard. You taking it in June?